MA Deals with Striped Bass “Loophole”

February 15, 2017

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Massachusetts fisheries officials are trying to close a loophole in state regulations that resulted in what they believe were illegal landings of striped bass last year.

In a nutshell, the state is looking to reduce the number of striped bass that commercial fishermen can keep when fishing from shore, from 15 to 2. According to some recreational fishermen, a black market existed at the Cape Cod Canal in 2017, in which some commercial fishermen were accepting fish caught by their friends then selling them under their boat permit, which allows them to possess up to 15 fish per day, on certain days.